Station

/[ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,793

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

Station is aGermannoun. It means: eine Stelle, an der ein öffentliches Verkehrsmittel planmäßig hält Pronounced [ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #2,793 in German word frequency. Often confused with Stativ and Statuen.

Key facts for Station
PropertyValue
HeadwordStation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,793
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Station in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Station is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,793 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Station, with forms such as "sattion", "sstation", and "staiton". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Stativ", "Statuen", "Stätten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Station, spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stelle, an der ein öffentliches Verkehrsmittel planmäßig hält
  2. 2
    Ort der Unterbrechung einer Reise oder Wanderung
  3. 3
    ein bestimmter Punkt in einem Ablauf, Verfahren oder Vorgang
  4. 4
    Abteilung eines Krankenhauses mit bestimmter fachlicher Ausrichtung
  5. 5
    eine Anlage oder Einrichtung für bestimmte Zwecke, besonders für wissenschaftliche Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen
  6. 6
    allgemein ein Stützpunkt oder Standort und im Besonderen ein vorgelagerter Beobachtungspunkt oder Vorposten

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sattion,sstation,staiton,statino,stationn,statoin,stattion,sttaion,sttation,tsation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Station

Misspelling Variants of "Station"

sattion7sstation8staiton7statino7stationn8statoin7stattion8sttaion7
Misspelling Variants of "Station"

Frequency rank: #2,793 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Station"?
"Station" is spelled S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Station" mean?
As a noun, "Station" means: eine Stelle, an der ein öffentliches Verkehrsmittel planmäßig hält
What words are commonly confused with "Station"?
"Station" is commonly confused with "Stativ", "Statuen", "Stätten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Station"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Station" is [ʃtaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Station" come from?
"Station" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.